Haug, Olga Karoline Nilsen.

Olga Karoline (Nilsen) Haug was born on June 3, 1905 on the island of Kvæøeya on Kvaefjord in Norway. She was one of seven children by Ludvig Nilsen and Albertina Roervik; her oldest sister and youngest brother died of tuberculosis. Her family lived on a farm that was divided between her father, his two brothers, and his cousin; she attended school on the island as well. She was confirmed at the church in Borkenes on the mainland and stayed with friends of her parents while attending confirmation classes. She went to sewing school for three months and worked with her sister in her dressmaking shop. When Olga was 17, she worked for a dentist in Harstad for a year and cooked for fourteen people. She sewed after she went home and raked hay in the summertime for the farmers.

From the description of Olga Karoline Nilsen Haug Oral History Interview 1982. (Eugene Public Library). WorldCat record id: 184843744